What Is Information Security

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Multiple Choice

What is information security?

• A)a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization
• B)a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission
• C)a computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network, intercepts data, uses network services, and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network
• D)software that, while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that function, also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user

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Definitions:

Step-fixed Costs

Costs that remain constant for a certain level of production or activity, but can change to a different fixed amount when a certain threshold is crossed.

Variable Costs

Costs that vary directly with the level of production or output.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs—direct materials, labor, and both variable and fixed overhead—as part of the cost of a finished product.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overheads - in the cost of a product.